iiii; siioi; I'-w iNoi'.D scA V i^Nci'i; i'.i;i:ti-I':s. 



4:5;? 



IJl. Sc(iim;i s Kriclis. 1S4(I. ( ( )i-.. " ii d w.-ii'l'. ") 



\'ci'\- siii;i!l .111(1 (lrlic;ilf sixM-ics luiviiii:' Itic l;iliniiii sliort. triiiis- 

 vcrsc ;iii(l tdolhcd: !;ist joint of iii;i\ill;ii-\ |>;ili>i iiculc, tlisliiict; 

 li«iiil;i ti'iciisiiid : ;iiit('im:r liliroi-ni. sultiirmniiuitc lowjird apex, the 

 first jiMiit imidffalcly clongattN scHioiid and tliii-d (•Ix-oiiic. Ilic rc- 

 nuiiiider oval : thorax ()l)long, more or less nan-owed in I'l-oiit. ("asey 

 has subdivided the ^-eniis as defined by Eriebson into a nniiiber of 

 ji'enera. herewith treated as gfroups or snbiicnera. tliree of whieli are 

 pei'liaps represented in Indiana, tbonizb menilMTs of bnt two have 

 as yet Iteen tal\en. 



Ki:V TO INDIANA GROUPS OF SCOIMCI S. 



(/. Ncrk extrciiu'ly sU'ikUt. 



b. Iliiid tarsi rntlier sliort. tlie l>:is.-il Jdinl never move tliau sli,u:litl.v 



Idii.uHT tlian serdiul: IkkI.v luiuule in size, imn'e or less alutaceous ; 



irulnr sutures ratlier widely separated. (Jroup A. Scop.eus. 



bb. lliiid tarsi Ion- slender, the basal joint always distinetly longer than 



second: liody siibparallel, strongly eonvex, very unnutely punrtu- 



late and pubescent; gular sutures virtually united from a short 



distance i>ehind the mentum. Group B. Scop.eopsis. 



aa. Neck moderately narrow, varying from a fourth to nearly a third as 



wide as head: gular sutures more or less widely separated, farthest 



niiart at b.-ise: labnnn with four teeth; hind tarsi short, the basal 



joint l)Ut little longer than second ; color black, jiolished. more or less 



sparsely punctate. Group G. Pycnoris. 



Group A. (Scop^us.) 



Of the 20 or more species ascribed to this ^roiii) l)y Casey, but 

 one has as yet been taken in the State. 

 S30 (2540). Scop.EUS exiguus Erichs., Gen. Spec. Staph.. 1S40. (JOS. 



Slender, parallel. Head and elytra blackish piceous; thorax dusky yel- 

 low ; abdomen blackish, paler at tip ; antennrc and legs pale yellow^ Head 

 slightly longer than wide, nunutely and densely lanictate above, more 

 si)arsely beneath, truncate-sinuate at base. Thorax oblong, slightly longer 

 than wide, bnt little narrower and less densely punctate than head; sides 

 obliquely truncate on apical tliird. tlius nai-mwing to apex. Elytra dis- 

 tinctly wider than liea.l and thorax, but slightly longer tliau the latter, 

 finely and den,sely imnclate. Abdomen at l>ase sliglitly narrower tliau ely- 

 tra, minutely and densely punctate. Length '2A nun. 



Marion and Putnam counties; scarce. jMarcli (i-June 12. Taken 

 by sifting damp veo-(4al)U' deliris. 



' (iUOl P B. (StOP.KOPSIS.) 



S. duriii Casey, 4 iiim. in Icno-lli. piccMus black, liead. tliorax and 

 antenna' diiskv vcllnw. was described IVoiii Cincinnati and was 



